Gage for measuring and cutting cigars.



Patented Oct. 2|, I902. D. PALMGREN.

GAGE FOR MEASURING AND CUTTING CIGARS. (Application filed Feb. 24;1902.)

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID PALMGREN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO LEOPOLD LEWISHEIM, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

GAGE FOR MEASURING AND CUTTING CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,673, dated October21, 1902.

Application filed February 24, 1902. Serial No. 95,480. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LDAVID PALMGREN,a subject of the King of Sweden andNorway, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York,county of Kings,and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Gages for Measuring and Cutting Cigars, of-Whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to the drawingsaccompanying and forming a part of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a gage whereby the diameter ofa cigar may be readily and accurately determined and to pro- Videimproved means for cutting or trimming the cigar to a predeterminedlength. I

It consists of the novel features hereinafter described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a side view of my improved gage; Fig. 2,a longitudinal section through the center of the same; Fig. 3, a topplan View; Fig. 4, a section on line I I of Fig. 1, showing the cuttingmechanism with the knife closed; and Fig. 5, a section on line II II ofFig. 1; showing the means for gaging the thickness of the cigar.

Throughout the drawings, 1 represents the base of my gage, preferably ofthe form shown in Fig.3, having a cut-away portion on one side and ofany suitable material. Secured to the upper side of the base .is thesliding plate or movable member 2, open in the center and having theangular portions 3 3 embracing the base on each side 'to serve as guidesfor the movement of the part 2.

Fastened on the sliding member 2.is the adjustable stop 5. This stopconsists, preferably, of a plate having an upturned end 6,'in which is aconical socket 7, the purpose of which will be set forth hereinafter.Through the center of the stop is a slot 8 to receive a set-screw 9, bywhich the stop is secured in adjusted position. The other end of thestep has the upwardly-projecting part 10, to be grasped in adjusting thesame, and the downwardly-projecting part 11,-which has a furtherextensionworkingin the guide-groove 12.

Fixed to the base at a convenient point intermediate the stop and thecutter described below is the block 13, having cut-away portions in itslower corners to receive the guides 3 3, as is more clearly shown inFig. 5. In the block 13 is the gage-ring 14, secured in position bymeans of the bolt 15, fitting into a socket in the ring and held by aspring 16.

The cutter consists of a pillow 17, having a hollow 18 and a knife 19,pivoted at 20 and held in a raised position by the spring 21'.

The cutting mechanism is fastened to the guides 3 3 and moves therewith,as will be 021- v plained hereinafter. The crescentshaped projection 22on the plate 19 is a rest or stop for the finger in the cuttingoperation, and the projection 24 serves to hold the cigar firmly againstthe pillow 17 after it is cut 0 trimmed.

From the foregoing the manner of using my device will be clear. The stop5 is ad j usted on the sliding plate 2, so that the distancebetween theknife 19 and the conical socket 7 equals the desired length of thecigar. This distance is determined by reference to the scale 25 on theedge of the base. Having been properly adjusted, the stop is firmlylocked in position by tightening the set-screw 9. In the block 13 isthen placed a gage-ring, as 14. There are twenty-three of these'rings,ranging in size from 32 to 5 L and having selected the sizewith anopening equal to the desired diameter of the now laid on the gage, thepointed end resting in the conical socket 7, the other in the hollow 18of the pillow 17. The end having "been cutoff by depressing the knife19,

the thickness is tested by sliding the stop and cutting mechanism, thecigar-being still held therein along the base. If'the cigar will passthrough the gage-ring smoothly without injury or the necessity of usingtoo much force, it is correct in size and is accepted;

otherwise it is incorrect and is rejected.

In the end of the base 1 is provided an opening for an additionalgage-ring23, which also may be used to determine the thickness of thecigaras, for example, the diameter of one which is too large to passthrough the ring in the block 13. r

It will thus be seen that by my device cigars may be cut to the rightlength with great rapidity and accuracy, and at the same time cigar itis secured in the part 13. A cigar is g ICO their thickness may betested with equal speed and sureness.

It is obvious that my invention may be variously embodied and may alsobe used for other purposes than in the manufacture of cigars. I do notconsider myself limited to the precise form described; but

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A gage for measuring and cuttingcigars, comprising a base, a stop, cutting mechanism opposite thelatter, and means intermediate the stop and the cutting mechanism forgaging the thickness of the cigar.

2. A gage for measuring and cutting cigars, comprising a base, a stopadapted to be moved on said base, cutting mechanism oppo site the stopand connected thereto so as to be moved therewith, and means intermedi-DAVID PALMGREN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE HOLLAND, LEOPOLD LEWISI-IEIM.

